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Learning from Clippy: an interview with Clifford Nass

September 24, 2010September 27, 2010 Pete Chapman book, Clifford Nass, Clippy, Dawkins, Durkheim, interview, The Man Who Lied To His Laptop, transcript14 Comments

As a follow-up to our review of Clifford Nass’ book, The Man Who Lied to his Laptop, we were offered a chance last Friday (Sept. 17) to interview Professor Nass via telephone. The following is an edited transcript of our conversation. RGB Filter-I must confess that I’m daunted by this interview because your book has got me thinking… “Should I sequence my criticism following your suggestions in The Man Who Lied to His Laptop? Should I play the personality type “Critic” or “Side Kick” in my presentation? Should I alternate…

Monitor or Mirror? A review of “The Man Who Lied to His Laptop”

September 11, 2010September 11, 2010 Pete Chapman book review, Clifford Nass, Corina Yen, human machine interface, Penguin Books, review, The Man Who Lied To His Laptop11 Comments

Clifford Nass has been studying human relations by looking at how humans relate to machines. The answers coming from experiments documented in his book The Man Who Lied to His Laptop are an interesting mix of the unexpected and the familiar. You might think that it would take no time to read a 207 page book. Warning; this book makes one stop every so many pages to think about what it says. Not because it is difficult or obscure; the writing is clear and the presentation precise throughout but the…